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| 4262 | If the only aim was consistent beliefs then new evidence and experiments would be irrelevant |
| Full Idea: If mere consistency is our aim in achieving a coherent set of beliefs, then new evidence and experiments are irrelevant. | |||
| From: Alvin I. Goldman (The Internalist Conception of Justification [1980], §VIII) | |||
| A reaction: An important reminder. What epistemic duty requires us to attend to anomalous observations, instead of sweeping them under the carpet? |